Poirier vs McGregor III

Who won Poirier vs McGregor III?

Dustin Poirier beat Conor McGregor by knockout in the 1st round during the main event of UFC 264, on Saturday 10th July 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Poirier vs McGregor III stats

Dustin Poirier stepped into the octagon with a record of 27 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Conor McGregor made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 19 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Dustin Poirier's 31st fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2011.

Dustin Poirier's UFC record stood at 22-8-0, while Conor McGregor's came in at 10-4-0.

The stats suggested McGregor had a massive power advantage over Poirier, boasting a 86% knock out percentage over Poirier's 48%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Poirier had a large advantage over McGregor, boasting a 26% submission rate over McGregor's 5%.

Dustin Poirier was the same age as Conor McGregor, at 36 years old.

McGregor had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Poirier was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 1 year and 2 months later than McGregor, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 44 more professional rounds, 89 to McGregor's 45.

Poirier vs McGregor III form

Poirier had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Islam Makhachev at UFC 302 on 1st June 2024 by submission in the 5th round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Benoit Saint-Denis at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at Kaseya Center, Miami.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Justin Gaethje at UFC 291 on 29th July 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City.

Before that, he had beaten Michael Chandler at UFC 281 on 12th November 2022 by submission in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had been defeated by Charles Oliveira at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Lightweight championship fight at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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Poirier's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

McGregor's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 5 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 1 month and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.3 rounds on average.

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